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John Sun

Founder

Founder at Spring Labs Holdings · Founder at Debteye · Founder at Spring Labs

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

FoundedDebteye · YCSpring LabsSpring Labs Holdings

About

John Sun is the Founder and CEO of Spring Labs, which develops Zanko, an AI platform focused on complaint resolution and conversation intelligence for financial institutions. Its products include Zanko ComplianceAssist for screening and classifying conversations, Zanko AgentAssist for supporting customer experience teams, and Zanko CustomerAssist for self-service customer support.

Founder at Spring Labs Holdings

Co-founders at Spring Labs Holdings

AF
Anna FridmanDirector
AJ
Adam JiwanDirector

Founder at DebteyeYC S11

Intro paths

YC

John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, John can intro founders to Debteye's investors below.

Debteye's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Debteye

PZPaul Zhang
Paul ZhangFounder/CTO
KYKevin Yu
Kevin YuFounder

Founder at Spring Labs

Intro paths

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In turn, John can intro founders to Spring Labs's investors below.

Spring Labs's investors · 9

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2018Alpha Ascent Ventures LlcHong KongAugust CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checksBankTech VenturesSandy · since 2026GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checksHaymaker VenturesClaremont · $1M – $10M checks · since 2026Lobby CapitalPalo AltoMulticoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checksRRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks

Co-founders at Spring Labs

AF
Anna FridmanFounder
KL
Kevin LewisFounder

Experience

  1. Spring LabsFounder, CEOcurrent2020 — present
  2. Spring LabsFounder, Presidentcurrent2018 — presentChicago
  3. AvantCo-founder, Managing Director of AvantCredit UK2017 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
  4. AvantCo-founder, Chief Credit Officer2012 — 2016Chicago, IL
  5. AvantCo-founder, CTO2012 — 2014Chicago, IL
  6. Kin InsuranceInvestor2017Greater Chicago Area
  7. SpringCoinFounder, CEO2011 — 2012
  8. Enova FinancialV.P. Online Retail Finance2009 — 2011
  9. Enova FinancialV.P, Analytics2009

Skills & more

SAS1SQL8Analytics69Start-ups48Financial Modeling24E-commerce1Financial Services18Business Strategy11Product Management6Data Mining5Risk Management7Data Analysis15
+12 morePortfolio ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipCompetitive AnalysisPredictive AnalyticsCall CenterStatistical ModelingFinancial AnalysisEntrepreneurshipSegmentationFinanceAnalysisProcess Improvement

Languages Chinese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John Sun?
John Sun is the Founder and CEO of Spring Labs, which develops Zanko, an AI platform focused on complaint resolution and conversation intelligence for financial institutions. Its products include Zanko ComplianceAssist for screening and classifying conversations, Zanko AgentAssist for supporting customer experience teams, and Zanko CustomerAssist for self-service customer support.
Where does John Sun work?
John Sun is Founder of Debteye and Co-founder at Spring Labs Holdings and Founder at Spring Labs.
What companies did John Sun found?
John Sun founded Debteye, Spring Labs, Spring Labs Holdings.
Where did John Sun go to school?
John Sun studied at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Finance); Y Combinator.

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